Ironside

Meaning

Noun

• A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.

Origin

• iron + side, from a nickname of Oliver Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".
• Two main origins:
• Scottish habitational surname from a place in Aberdeenshire, named with Old English earn ("eagle") + sīde.
• English surname from ironside, a nickname for a warrior.